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Story by Jim Bishop So, why are you here? A rather strange question, perhaps, for the president of Eastern Mennonite University to ask those who filled Lehman Auditorium Wednesday for the opening convocation of fall semester, but he had good reason. “Most of us think about education in terms of what it will do for…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] When the editorial page at The News Virginian is compelled to complain about the new conservative city council, then you know that something worthy of a closer look is taking place. “(W)hat Waynesboro needs is a quickening of the pulse,” the NV opined today, and…
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Item by Mary K. Heatwole Beverly S. Butterfield of New Market has accepted the position of vice president for institutional advancement at Bridgewater College, effective Oct. 1. Butterfield, a 1979 graduate of Bridgewater College, has held a faculty position with the Virginia Tech Extension Service since 1979. Most recently, she served as the director of…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] Tracy Armentrout and Jenny Rutherford came to a great idea. Armentrout, the director of Creative Wonders Learning Center in Stuarts Draft, works in her role at Creative Wonders with the local Department of Social Services, “and I hear a lot about the need that is out there, that they need…
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Story by Chris Edwards At the fourth annual conference of Mennonite higher-education faculty – held this year for the first time at Eastern Mennonite University – two keynote speakers approached the theme, “Creation, Christ and the Classroom,” from opposite perspectives, theological and temporal. They spoke Aug. 8-9 to about 45 faculty, plus several graduate students,…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] “Since my time as your governor,” Jim Gilmore writes in a fundraising letter that went out last week, “I have routinely been vilified by the biased liberal media, by the state Democratic Party and even by the liberal tax-and-spend members of my own party. Why? Because I promised…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Everything is on the table, Gov. Tim Kaine told state legislators today as the two sides began to address a projected billion-dollar shortfall in the current biennial state budget. “The need to engage in a third major round of budget reductions will mean, by necessity, that all programs — including…
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Fear and Loathing in Staunton column by Chris Graham [email protected] Wanna know what has me riled up about Friday’s convictions in the Staunton Scopes Trial? No, it ain’t about protecting people’s rights to access porn. Stauntonians can still get their fix on Comcast or satellite TV or the Internet … Uh, wait. Check that part…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The new Barack Obama campaign TV ad is all about the economy. “Three Bedroom Ranch,” set to debut on Monday and air through the rest of the Olympics, puts the focus of the Obama campaign on the economy, touting investments in education and tax cuts for working families and Obama’s…
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Item by Janet Smith James Madison University is the recipient of a Helping Hand Award from the Partnership for the Future, an organization that provides scholarly activities, internships and support for Richmond students in preparation for higher education. The award recognizes “individuals or organizations that go above and beyond the call of duty in support…
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